Summary of the Historical Administrative Divisions of Poland

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Steve

The following is a compilation of the posts about the administrative divisions of Poland published on Steve’s Genealogy Blog.

Summaries of the Administrative Divisions of Poland

Administrative Structure of the Parishes
(sorted according to location in 1907)

Kalisz Gubernia

  • Turek Powiat
  • Kalisz Powiat
  • Sieradz Powiat
  • Łęczyca Powiat
  • Wieluń Powiat
  • Konin Powiat
  • Koło Powiat
  • Słupca Powiat

Kielce Gubernia

  • Kielce Powiat
  • Jędrzejów Powiat
  • Olkusz Powiat
  • Włoszczowa Powiat
  • Stopnica Powiat
  • Miechów Powiat
  • Pińczów Powiat

Łomza Gubernia

Lublin Gubernia

  • Lublin Powiat
  • Puławy Powiat
  • Lubartów Powiat
  • Chełm Powiat
  • Krasnystaw Powiat
  • Hrubieszów Powiat
  • Zamość Powiat
  • Tomaszów Lubelski Powiat
  • Janów Lubelski Powiat
  • Biłgoraj Powiat

Piotrków Gubernia

  • Piotrków Trybunalski Powiat
  • Częstochowa Powiat
  • Będzin Powiat
  • Łódź Powiat
  • Brzeziny Powiat
  • Łask Powiat
  • Radomsko Powiat
  • Rawa Mazowiecka Powiat

Płock Gubernia

Radom Gubernia

  • Radom Powiat
  • Iłża Powiat
  • Końskie Powiat
  • Kozienice Powiat
  • Opatów Powiat
  • Opoczno Powiat
  • Sandomierz Powiat

Siedlce Gubernia

  • Siedlce Powiat
  • Garwolin Powiat
  • Biała Podlaska Powiat
  • Konstantynów Powiat
  • Radzyń Podlaski Powiat
  • Sokołów Podlaski Powiat
  • Węgrów Powiat
  • Łuków Powiat
  • Włodawa Powiat

Suwalki Gubernia

  • Augustów Powiat
  • Kalvarija Powiat
  • Kudirkos Naumiestis Powiat
  • Marijampolė Powiat
  • Sejny Powiat
  • Suwalki Powiat
  • Vilkaviškis Powiat

Warsaw Gubernia

  • Błonie Powiat
  • Gostyń Powiat
  • Grójec Powiat
  • KutnoPowiat
  • Łowicz Powiat
  • Mińsk Mazowiecki Powiat
  • Nieszawa Powiat
  • Płońsk Powiat
  • Pułtusk Powiat
  • Radzymin Powiat
  • Skierniewice Powiat
  • Sochaczew Powiat
  • Warsaw Powiat
  • Wrocławek Powiat

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

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Administrative Structure of the Parishes of the Ostrołęka Powiat

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Steve

The followng parishes were part of the Ostrołęka Powiat at the beginning of the 20th Century: Czerwin, Goworowo, Kadzidło, Kleczkowo, Kunin, Myszyniec, Ostrołęka, Piski, Rzekuń, and Troszyn.

Ostrołęka Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia - 1907
Ostrołęka Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia – 1907
Józef Michał Bazewicz, Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego (Litografia B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw, 1907); digital images, Mapywig (http://igrek.amzp.pl/details.php?id=11767096 : accessed 07 May 2023).

The administrative structure of the parishes of Czerwin, Goworowo, Kadzidło, Kunin (established 01 Jan 1937), Myszyniec, Ostrołęka, Troszyn can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795:  Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovian Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-13 Oct 1809:  Village, Kammerdepartement Płock, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 14 Oct 1809-09 Jun 1815:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Ostrołęka Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Ostrołęka Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-17 Oct 1915:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 18 Oct 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1939:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1939-31 Aug 1939: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Sep 1939-27 Jun 1945:  Village, Regierungsbezirk Zichenau, Province of East Prussia, German Reich
  • 28 Jun 1945-21 Jul 1952:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989:  Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998:  Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Masovian Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parishes of Kleczkowo, Piski, and Rzekuń can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795:  Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovian Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-13 Oct 1809:  Village, Kammerdepartement Płock, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 14 Oct 1809-09 Jun 1815:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Ostrołęka Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Ostrołęka Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-17 Oct 1915:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 18 Oct 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1939:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1939-31 Aug 1939: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Sep 1939-21 Jun 1941:  Village, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
  • 22 Jun 1941-27 Jun 1945: Village, Regierungsbezirk Zichenau, Province of East Prussia, German Reich
  • 28 Jun 1945-21 Jul 1952:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989:  Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998:  Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present:  Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Masovian Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

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The Act of 9 April 1938 on Changing the Borders of Voivodships within Poland

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Steve

The March Constitution of the Second Polish Republic (adopted on 17 March 1921) established a political system based on the separation of powers and restored a bicameral Sejm consisting of a chamber of deputies and the senate.

On 9 April 1938, the Sejm issued an act to change the borders of some of the Voivodeships within Poland. These changes were short-lived. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on the 01 September 1939 and the Soviet Union invaded Poland a little over two weeks later on 17 September 1939.

  • Title of Act: Act of 9 April 1938 on changing the borders of the following voivodships: Białystok, Kielce, Lubelskie, Łódzkie and Warsaw.
  • Date of Issue: 9 April 1938
  • Date of Entry into Force: 1 April 1939
Act of 04 April 1938
Act of 4 April 1938
Second Polish Republic. Sejm. Dziennik Ustaw, 1938 nr 27 poz. 240. “Ustawa z dnia 9 kwietnia 1938 r. o zmianie granic województw: białostockiego, kieleckiego, lubelskiego, łódzkiego i warszawskiego;
Image copy. ISAP – Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych.
(https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19380270240 : accessed 07 May 2023).

240
ACT
of April 9, 1938
on changing the borders of the following voivodships:
Białystok, Lubelskie, Łódzkie and Warsaw.

Article 1.
(1) The following shall be included in the area of the Łódź Voivodeship:
1) from the Warsaw Voivodship, the powiats of Kutno, Łowicz, Skierniewice and Rawa;
2) from the Kielce Voivodeship, the powiats: Opoczno and Końskie, with the exception of the municipal communes: Skarżysko-Kamienna and Szydłowiec and the rural communes: Bliżyn and Szydłowiec.
(2) Included in the area of the Warsaw Voivodeship:
1) from the Białystok Voivodship, the powiats of Ostrołęka, Ostrów and Łomża;
2) from the Lubelskie Voivodeship, the powiats of Sokołow, Węgrów and Garwolin, and the commune of Irena from the Puławy powiat.
Article 2.
The Minister of the Interior and other competent ministers, according to the scope of their activities, are entrusted with the execution of this Act.
Article 3.
This Act shall enter into force on April 1, 1939.

President of the Republic: I. Mościcki
Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior: Slawoj Składkowski

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Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records – Part 1

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Steve

Old metrical records often include obsolete terms, presenting problems for those of us who are trying to interpret those records today. Particularly confusing are obsolete terms in languages in which we are not fluent.

Even the term “metrical” is confusing. Look up this term in a dictionary of the English language and you’ll find definitions such as:

metrical adjective
1: pertaining to meter or poetic measure
2: composed in meter or verse
3: pertaining to measurement
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/metrical

Many genealogists know that vital records or sacramental records in English-speaking countries are called metrical records in Eastern Europe and Russia. Despite the fact that some genealogists may consider these records to be poetry, metrical records document births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials.

The terms dziś (or dzisiaj), wczoraj, and przedwczoraj (meaning today, yesterday, and day before yesterday) are often found in Polish metrical records in phrases such as i okazał nam dziecię płci żeńskiej urodzone wczoraj (and he showed us a female child born yesterday). Usually, the record states that the child was born dzisiaj (today), wczoraj (yesterday), or przedwczoraj (day before yesterday). But, what if the child was born zawczoraj?

Old documents sometimes include words that were in common use at the time the document was written but have now fallen into disuse. I could not find the word zawczoraj in my modern Polish-English dictionary. Wiktionary includes a list of Polish terms with obsolete senses, but zawczoraj is not included in that list, either. Fortunately, Zawczoraj does appear in the Słownik wyrazów zapomnianych czyli słownictwo naszych lektur (Dictionary of forgotten words or the vocabulary of our readings).

Here’s what the Słownik wyrazów zapomnianych has to say about zawczoraj:

zawczoraj falling out of use «on the day before yesterday; the day before yesterday, the other day»: They sent for him the day before yesterday. RODZ. Dew 198. For example, the day before yesterday they had fun at my uncle’s music school until five o’clock in the evening… ORZESZ. Sylwek 237. The day before yesterday I wrote to you. KRASIŃ. Listy II, 151. // L

: I received your letter dated the 9th of this month three days ago. CHOPIN Wyb. 113. // SWil

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Szukaj w Archiwach Temporary Shutdown

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Steve

Those of us who conduct Polish genealogical research have probably used the Polish Archives site Szukaj w Archiwach at one time or another. As the archives make more and more Polish metrical records (records of births, marriages, and deaths) available to the public online, Szukaj w Archiwach is becoming a more and more valuable resource for Polish genealogical research.

Unfortunately, the site has been shut down for the last few weeks. Here’s the latest information from the Archives:

Translated into English, this says:

Search in Archives

Beginning Monday, November 21, the Search in Archives service will be available in the reading rooms of the State Archives throughout the country.

At the same time, we are intensively working on restoring the current functionality and safe user access to the website.

The temporary shutdown of Search in Archives was for security reasons.

We apologize for any inconvenience and please be patient. We encourage you to use the website in the reading rooms.

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Administrative Structure of the Kolno Powiat

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Steve

The following parishes were part of the Kolno Powiat at the beginning of the 20th Century: Borkowo, Burzyn, Dobryjałowo, Jedwabne, Kolno, Kuzie, Leman, Lipniki, Łyse, Mały Płock, Poryte, Przytuły, Romany, Stawiski, Turośl, and Zbójna.

Kolno Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia - 1907
Kolno Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia – 1907
Józef Michał Bazewicz, Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego (Litografia B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw, 1907); digital images, Mapywig (http://igrek.amzp.pl/details.php?id=11767093 : accessed 13 Nov 2021).

The administrative structure of the parishes of Borkowo (NOTE: The parish church in Borkowo was established in 1918, separated from the parish of Mały Płock), Kolno and Mały Płock can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-03 Dec 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Kolno Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parishes of Poryte, and Stawiski can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-07 Oct 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Kolno Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parish of Romany can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Wizna Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-07 Oct 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Kolno Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parish of Zbójna can be described as follows (NOTE: the parish of Zbójna was established in 1892. Prior to that, Zbójna belonged to the Nowogród parish):

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-07 Oct 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Łomża Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parishes of Burzyn, Dobryjałowo, Jedwabne, and Przytuły can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Wizna Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-07 Oct 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Łomża Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parishes of Kuzie (established on 01 Nov 1921), Leman (established on 22 Jun 1906), Lipniki, Łyse, and Turośl can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 07 Mar 1837-10 Oct 1842: Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 11 Oct 1842 – 30 Dec 1866: Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-23 Aug 1915: Village, Kolno Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 24 Aug 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 01 Apr 1938-07 Oct 1939: Village, Kolno Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
  • 22 Jul 1952-31 May 1975: Village, Kolno Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Ostrołęka Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Ostrołęka Powiat, Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

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Administrative Structure of the Szczuczyn Powiat

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Steve

The following parishes were part of the Szczuczyn Powiat at the beginning of the 20th Century: Białaszewo, Grabowo, Grajewo, Lachowo, Niedźwiadna, Radziłów, Rajgród, Rydzewo (currently in Łomża Powiat), Rydzewo (currently in Grajewo Powiat), Słucz, Szczuczyn, Wąsosz.

Szczuczyn Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia - 1907
Szczuczyn Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia – 1907
Józef Michał Bazewicz, Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego (Litografia B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw, 1907); digital images, Mapywig (http://igrek.amzp.pl/details.php?id=11767098 : accessed 12 Nov 2021).

The administrative structure of the parishes of Grabowo and Lachowo can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-09 Nov 1842: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 10 Nov 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Augustów Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-07 Sep 1915: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-03 Dec 1939: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Grajewo Raion, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Landkreis Grajewo, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grajewo Raion, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-11 Mar 1948: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 12 Mar 1948-31 May 1975: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Kolno Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parishes of Białaszewo, Grajewo, Niedźwiadna, Radziłów, Rydzewo (currently in Grajewo Powiat) Słucz, Szczuczyn, and Wąsosz can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Wizna Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-09 Nov 1842: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 10 Nov 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Augustów Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-07 Sep 1915: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-03 Dec 1939: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Grajewo Raion, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Landkreis Grajewo, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grajewo Raion, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-11 Mar 1948: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 12 Mar 1948-31 May 1975: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parish of Rajgród can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Bielsk Ziemia, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-09 Nov 1842: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 10 Nov 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Augustów Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-07 Sep 1915: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-03 Dec 1939: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Grajewo Raion, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Landkreis Grajewo, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grajewo Raion, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-11 Mar 1948: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 12 Mar 1948-31 May 1975: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

The administrative structure of the parish of Rydzewo can be described as follows:

  • 01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795: Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • 04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807: Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
  • 09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
  • 09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816: Village, Biebrza Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 16 Jan 1816-09 Nov 1842: Village, Augustów Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 10 Nov 1842-30 Dec 1866: Village, Augustów Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 31 Dec 1866-07 Sep 1915: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
  • 08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
  • 11 Nov 1918-03 Dec 1939: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
  • 04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941: Village, Grajewo Raion, Białystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944: Village, Landkreis Grajewo, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
  • 20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945: Village, Grajewo Raion, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
  • 16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
  • 19 Feb 1947-11 Mar 1948: Village, Szczuczyn Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 12 Mar 1948-31 May 1975: Village, Grajewo Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 01 Jun 1975-30 Dec 1989: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
  • 31 Dec 1989-30 Dec 1998: Village, Łomża Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic
  • 31 Dec 1998-Present: Village, Łomża Powiat, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic

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The Immigration Passenger Manifest for the Family of Antoni Wseborowski – 1903

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Steve

Antoni Wseborowski and his family arrived in New York City aboard the SS Graf Waldersee on 29 March 1903.

The family traveled in steerage under the name Siborowski (instead of Wseborowski or Skowroński). The group included Antoni Wseborowski, Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska Wseborowski, Aleksander Skowroński, Józefa Skowrońska, Paweł‚ Skowroński, and Jan Wseborowski.

The family reported that they were planning to stay with a cousin: Anton Rachupka of Baldwinville, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA.

Passenger Manifest: Family of Antoni Siborowski - 1903 (Left)
Passenger Manifest: Family of Antoni Siborowski – 1903 (Left)
Passenger Manifest: Family of Antoni Siborowski - 1903 (Right)
Passenger Manifest: Family of Antoni Siborowski – 1903 (Right)

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION List No. 4
Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasure of the United States, under Act of Congress approved march 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon [arriving] at a port in the United States.
S. S. Graf Waldersee sailing from Hamburg 13th March 1903 Arriving at Port of New York, 3/29 1903 [stamped 53]

The family members are listed as:
No. 18: Antoni Siborowski, age 37, male, married, laborer, able to read and write
No. 19: Margarete [Siborowski], age 34, female, married, wife, able to read and write
No. 20: Alexander [Siborowski], age 17, male, single, laborer, able to read and write
No. 21: Josefa [Siborowski], age 10, female, single, child, not able to read or write
No. 22: Pawel [Siborowski], age 10, male, single, child, not able to read or write
No. 23: Jan [Siborowski], age 5, male, single, child, not able to read or write

All are listed with the following information:
Nationality: Russian
Last Residence: Grondi [sic: the correct spelling is Grądy]
Ethnicity: Polish (ethnicity is provided in column 10: Seaport for landing)
Final destination in the United States: Baldwinsville [sic: the correct spelling is Baldwinville], Mass
Whether having a ticket to such final destination: no
By whom was passage paid: Self
Whether in possession of money, if so whether more than $30 and how much if $30 or less: 85
Whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where: no
Wether [sic] going to join a relative, and if so, what relative, their name and address: cousin Anton Rachupka, Baldwinsville [sic] Mass. Box 187
Ever in Prison or Almshouse or supported by charity, If yes, state which: no
Whether under contract express or implied in labor in the United States: no
Condition of Health, Mental and Physical: good
Deformed or Crippled, Nature and Cause: no

Passenger Manifest: Family of Antoni Siborowski – 1903

SOURCE: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1897-1957, arrival record for Antoni Siborowski and Family, arrived on 29 March 1903, SS Graf Waldersee; Ancestry.com, digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2021).

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The Hamburg Departure List Entry for the Family of Antoni Wseborowski – 1903

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Steve
Header of the Hamburg Departure List - Graf Waldersee - 14 March 1903

Hamburg Departure List – Graf Waldersee – 14 March 1903

Antoni Wseborowski and his family left Grądy, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland and headed to the United States on board the SS, Graf Waldersee. According to the departure list of the Hamburg-America Line, they departed on 14 March 1903 from Hamburg, Germany, passing through Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, before arriving in New York City.

The family traveled in steerage under the name Siborowski (instead of Wseborowski or Skowroński). The group included Antoni Wseborowski, Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska Wseborowska, Aleksander Skowroński, Józefa Skowrońska, Paweł Skowroński, and Jan Wseborowski.

Hamburg-Amerika Linie
Verzeichniss
der mit Deutschen Dampfschiffer Graf Waldersee am am 14. März 1903 vom Hamburg
über Boulogne Plymouth nach dem Hafen New York beförderten Auswanderer.

Hamburg-America Line
Register
of emigrants transported by the German steamship Graf Waldersee on 14 March 1903 from Hamburg via Boulogne and Plymouth to the port of New York.

Detail of the Family of Antoni Siborowski - Hamburg Departure List - 1903

Detail of the Family of Antoni Siborowski – Hamburg Departure List – 1903

Hamburg Passenger List Headers

Hamburg Passenger List Headers

Siborowski Family - Hamburg Passenger List 1903

Siborowski Family – Hamburg Passenger List 1903

Family of Antoni Siborowski - Hamburg Departure List - 1903

Family of Antoni Siborowski – Hamburg Departure List – 1903

SOURCE: Hamburg-America Line (Hamburg, Germany), Register of emigrants transported by the German steamship Graf Waldersee on 14 March 1903 from Hamburg via Boulogne and Plymouth to the port of New York, Direkt Band 141 (March 1903), page 553, departure record for Antoni Siborowski and Family; State Archives in Hamburg, digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 January 2021).

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The Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Wszeborowski – 1897

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Steve

Jan Wszeborowski, son of Antoni Wszeborowski and Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska, was born on 07 July 1897 in Grądy, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland . He was baptized at the parish church in Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 18 July 1897.

Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Wseborowski - 1897

Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Wseborowski – 1897

Roman Catholic Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Nowogród for the Year 1897, folio 27 recto, entry 105, birth and baptismal record for Jan Wseborowski, recorded 18 July 1897; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża, digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach (https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl : accessed 18 January 2021).

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Wseborowski. Translated from the Russian, the record reads:

105. Grądy. This happened in village of Nowogród on the sixth [Julian calendar] / eighteenth [Gregorian calendar] / of July in the year one-thousand eight hundred ninety-seven at two o’clock in the afternoon. There appeared: Antoni Wszeborowski, thirty years old, a farmer residing in the village of Grądy, in the presence of: Józef Rachubki, fifty years old, and Konstanty Perlowski, thirty-three years old, both owners of this village, and he showed us a male child, stating: that the child was born in the village of Grądy on the twenty-fifth of June [Julian calendar] / seventh of July / of this year at ten o’clock in the evening of his lawful wife Małgorzata née Podeszfa, forty-four years old. To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this date by Father Aleksander Witkowski was given the name Jan and his godparents were: Antoni Rachubki and Władysława Szewczik. This document was read to the declarant and illiterate witnesses and was signed by us.
[signature illegible]

Jan Wseborowski was the half-paternal granduncle of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko. In the United States, Jan Wseborowski used the name John Soborowski or John Siborowski.

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